Why does Chrome randomly inject the ZeroWidthSpace characters into SharePoint rich text fields and IE does not?

Question

When editing rich text fields using the 2016 SharePoint UI, Chrome randomly injects invisible #8203; characters into the field although when making the same identical edits with IE, the invisible characters are not injected.
What causes this behavior and how do we avoid it when using Chrome?

Answer 1

Hi @Joe Haney ,

Per my research, this character is intended for line break control; it has no width, but its presence between two characters does not prevent increased letter spacing in justification. Here is a workaround to avoid this issue. Paste the code into Brackets, the zero-width spaces are shown up as red dots. Just remove the red dots and check.

For Reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18478847/why-is-8203-being-injected-into-my-html
https://www.mazzitorch.com/what-is-8203-why-is-being-injected-into-my-html/
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